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Jansenism in France Collection, 1728-1780 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.25 linear feet
Abstract:
Jansenism was a religious movement based on the teachings of the theologian Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638). His doctrines held that human beings cannot achieve goodness without the intervention of God's grace and that a minority of individuals has been predestined by God for salvation. Consists of a collection of papers related to the Jansenist controversy in France in the 18th century.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Claude Adrien Meney Letters, 1734 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of contemporary manuscript copies of 38 letters (in a bound volume) written by the eighteenth-century French attorney Claude Meney during a visit to London..

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]